Craig Kender: Family killed by Queen Filia Barnette.Lance Harland: Forced to abandon his daughter while on the run from Queen Filia Barnette.Frank Miller: Watched parents burned alive, beaten and left for dead, tortured by Queen Filia Barnette's soldiers.Jack Brown: Wife gang-raped and killed, tortured by Queen Filia Barnette's soldiers.Harold Firmin: Disowned by family because he spoke against Queen Filia Barnette.Nabil Coburn: Orphaned at age seven because of Queen Filia Barnette's soldiers.Sara Harland: Watched her granddad died, abandoned by her mother because of Queen Filia Barnette's soldiers.Ramon Dedrick: Founded Amber, a large cavern with a city hidden inside, and began a rebellion...Queen Filia's reign of terror has brought about the rebellion in Amber, and the rebels are tired of waiting for some prophecy to come to pass. They are ready to take the fight in their own hands.Craig Kender has raised Sara Harland since her mother, Ana, abandoned her. Resentful and angry, Craig is taken off guard when he meets the beautiful woman who is Sara's secretive mother.As Craig and Ana begin to fall in love, things get complicated when Craig is captured by Queen Filia's men and given to Princess Dianastace Barnette as a companion.